BPSB Student Representative nominees for 2021 participate in interviews

Posted Date: 01/07/2021

BPSB Student Representative nominees for 2021 participate in interviews

The Beauregard Parish School Board seats a Student Representative to the board each year, according to Larry Hollie, Supervisor. January will begin the twenty-eighth consecutive year that the board has had a non-voting student member.

“The Student Representative to the School Board is a privilege that is not available in all parishes,” said Hollie. “This opportunity gives our students a voice in the decision-making of our school system and provides a direct link between the Board and the students of the parish.”

The sponsors of the student government organizations at each parish high school nominate one junior to interview as the potential representative to the school board. The nominees agree to participate in one board meeting a month during the calendar year covering the last semester of their junior year and first semester of their senior year.

The student representative provides input for the board on matters concerning students in parish schools as well as gives a monthly report to the board about student activities in the schools. In addition, the student representative leads a group of student government representatives from across the parish in leadership training and activities.

An alternate is also selected by the committee to attend meetings and serve when the student representative is not available.

The five nominees for the 2021 Student Representative position participated in interviews before a panel of five student government sponsors plus the current student representative to the board. The 2021 Student Representative and Alternate will be announced at the January 2021 school board meeting and will be seated at that time.

“It is a tremendous honor for these students to be selected to interview for the position of Student Representative to the School Board,” said Hollie. “These students exemplify the very best of our student bodies and are all highly qualified to represent the students of the parish on the School Board.”